Members Jerry007 Posted October 31, 2009 Members Share Posted October 31, 2009 I just picked up an amp for the home studio, an Alesis RA500 (Super-cheap brand new; probably will be discontinued soon...). Anyways, I'm now running an amp rated at "150w RMS per channel" at 8 ohms, into some NS-10s rated at 25w "Rated Power" and 50w "Max Power" at 8 ohms. I thought I was replacing my existing amp with the same model (an amp/speaker combo that has been running fine for 20 years), but it turns out the original amp is an RA150 (45w RMS at 8 ohms). Whoops... Based on all I've read here, I'm thinking this isn't a good match. Can I avoid problems simply by running at low volume (which I ALWAYS do anyways)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Al Poulin Posted October 31, 2009 Members Share Posted October 31, 2009 As long as you run them at reasonable levels, you should be fine. Also make sure not to tell the speakers they are being pushed by a 150 watt per channel amp. That might really scare them, especially being Halloween and all... I'm really not a fan of NS10s, though. They are not your main monitors are they? I guess if a mix sounds good on those, it'll sound good on anything. I think that is the logic behind them being such a popular studio choice... Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unalaska Posted October 31, 2009 Members Share Posted October 31, 2009 An RA-500 is like 250w @ 4? good luck with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gordon Sound Posted October 31, 2009 Members Share Posted October 31, 2009 Personally i think you will be fine, i used to use a Yamaha p2200 (200 a side) for Ns10's and never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 31, 2009 Members Share Posted October 31, 2009 Just be very careful, and know that if you have an accident you may destroy the speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jerry007 Posted November 1, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 As long as you run them at reasonable levels, you should be fine. Also make sure not to tell the speakers they are being pushed by a 150 watt per channel amp. That might really scare them, especially being Halloween and all... I'm really not a fan of NS10s, though. They are not your main monitors are they? I guess if a mix sounds good on those, it'll sound good on anything. I think that is the logic behind them being such a popular studio choice... Al Yep, they're the main speakers, but mostly I mix using an array of headphones (I know, I know...). I guess it really doesn't matter, as long as the mixes 'translate', right? Mostly, I'm getting workable mixes on the first shot, but sometimes end up tweaking the low end after repeated listens on multiple systems. It's all for fun these days, anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trevcda Posted November 1, 2009 Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 What's a headphone array? :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jerry007 Posted November 1, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 You mean you've never seen one in action? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted November 1, 2009 Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 How many ears do you have???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jerry007 Posted November 1, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 How many ears do you have???? With this setup, you don't even NEED ears... you just absorb the sound directly through your skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trevcda Posted November 1, 2009 Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 You mean you've never seen one in action? HA! Captain Kirk's headphones! One for the left ear, the right ear and (wait for it) the final front ear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 HA! Captain Kirk's headphones! One for the left ear, the right ear and (wait for it) the final front ear! UGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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